Fun! With that "One More Game..." addictiveness.

There's lots of industry humor in this game, and the gameplay is quite addictive. You find yourself ready for bed, but you don't want to put it down in the middle of working on a new game product, so you end up continuing to play into the wee hours of the night. No stability problems, the music is cute, and the graphics are simple but fun. I'd really like to rate this 4.5 stars, but it's a great game, so it gets 5. Ideas that would *really* make this a 5-star game for me: * Optimize the interface for the iPad - right now it's just a scaled iPhone game. * More explanations about the need to hire a hardware engineer to launch your own console. * Knowing in advance if your workers won't be helped by certain types of training so you don't waste money. * A neat touch would be if the in-game graphics improved as the game consoles advanced. This is a highly addictive and fun game. I highly recommend purchasing this game to anyone who has any interest in the gaming industry and enjoys simulation games.

Game Dev Story is a fun time sink

Everyone loves video games. Everyone has a phone. So logic would dictate that everyone loves games on their phone. But what if you could make games on your phone? That’s what you can do here. And it’s glorious. There’s so moderation to game titles and companies so you can let your freak flag fly or you can make a respectable and modern game company and make the games you would like to see. Of course you don’t actually MAKE the game, as is the case with most games from Kairosoft, but the sim life is the best life. I download this game, play for a bit, delete it after a while, and then I’ll redownload it and play again. Rinse, lather, repeat. It’s a fun game, not amazing depth, but if you have a cool 10-15 minutes here and there, you’ll be enraptured by the power of owning your own game studio in a world that does not give a single flying fox that your Game studios name is problematic. Play this game. It’s gonna make you happy.

Needs More Micromanagement!

I absolutely love this game, I bought both this and Game Dev Tycoon to see which is better and without a single doubt this game exceeds the other by ALMOST every margin. The graphics, content quality, pace, and polish of Game Dev Story is without a doubt superior - however, Game Dev Tycoon has more smaller features that play into the development of a game and gives the player a greater sense of control in what they’re actually making. I would be willing to pay double the price of this game to have similar features in this, such as an option for graphics for your game, the ability to create custom engines, the CHOICE of engines, and so on. All that aside, I love this game and have become easily addicted to it in my free-time to the point where I’ve uninstalled other games I would have played frequently as they’ve become irrelevant after downloading Game Dev Story. Awesome game, developers! I hope you’ll look into updating and adding new features in the future, I would love nothing more than to have a perfect little tycoon game for mobile!

A classic to return to

Game Dev Story is an utter classic in game design. Fun graphics, lots of character, and an engaging game loop. Every couple years I come back to it for a play through and it is just as fun as the first time. I’d pay triple the price for this game. Also as a side note, I greatly prefer the original over the remake another studio did. The remake may look a bit updated but the lose the soul of what made the original fun. After you have played through once, I highly recommend pulling up a chart of the game type combinations online. The one “less fun” part of the game was always guessing what games types match, as some are obvious but many are completely inscrutable.

Amazing

I love this game I’ve played it so many times over the last year or so and I want to give it 5 stars but I feel like there is a lot of untapped potential. I feel like there should be more to do with rival companies like keeping track of their sales and the types of games they’re putting out. It would be cool to maybe see a random company work it’s way too top just like you are. I think adding things like “perks” or “abilities” or “skills” to employees could add a whole new depth. Like maybe certain training has a chance to give an extra boost, or a certain type of game can make an employee work harder. Even having bad perks like working slower on certain types of games or having more of a chance to cause a bug. There’s so much untapped potential in this game it would be amazing to see it

Game Dev Story... My story.

I remembered playing this game back in elementary school... so I typed it in the App Store. I bought the game at around 10 o'clock in the morning & played. I kept playing, and playing until I saw I was in year 20. I had my phone on the charger so I wouldn't lose my progress in case my phone died. I looked at the time on my phone and saw it was 8 o'clock at night. At that moment came to a realization that I've been playing Game Dev Story for 10 hours. This game is well worth the little price that they charge, believe me. It was even difficult to write this review because I missed about 5 minutes of Game Dev time to write this. Buy the game.

Always fun to play

I got this game a long time ago on a different phone. I saw it in my history of downloads and had to re download it again. This game is always a great way to past the time. True after a while playing the game you can feel like your just making games over and over again but if your like me you will try to beat the reviews and your own company every time you start again. This game is worth the money I can say that for any of the games you have find a style you like and you won’t be upset.

An Old Friend

I first played this game ten years ago, and after all this time, I still find myself coming back. No other mobile game can boast that for me. The cleverness of the references and in-jokes make it clear how much the developers cherish and revere the rich culture and history of video games, and like any good game, this one is very hard to put down. Few games have been able to solidify their status as my “comfort games.” Game Dev Story joins the likes of Resident Evil 4, Perfect Dark and The Legend of Zelda in that book for me. Thanks for the years of joy and entertainment, guys.

Kairosoft is holding a flash sale for Game Dev Story, which ranges from free on Japanese mobile platforms to 50% on PC Steam worldwide.

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